George,

Virgil Goode is a perfect Bush clone: all hat and no cowboy ... imagine Virgil supporting women's right to vote, T. Roosevelt's "trust busting", Child Labor Laws, Mine Safety Laws, Pure Food and Drug Act, Social Security (his defending it is almost obscene!) creation of the SEC, banking laws to protect Americans from rapacious banks, Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, Civil Rights laws, automobile fuel efficiency....

If you think Goode would support anything resembling social legislation to "promote the general welfare" then the tooth fairy exists!

He gives new meaning to "retrograde"!

- Harry Tenney (electronic mail, November 1, 2004)